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“Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World”, by Dalai Lama to release in November

August 12, 2020
Our Only Home
  • Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama is set to release his new book “Our Only Home: A climate Appeal to the world” on Climate change co-written by German environmental Journalist Franz Alt in November.

Capital India Finance Limited Appointed Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as its new Executive Chairman

August 12, 2020
Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
  • Capital India Finance Limited Appointed former NABARD Chief Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as its new Executive Chairman. He served as chairman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for over six years.

Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh awarded by Asian College of Journalism Award 2019

August 12, 2020
Asian College of Journalism Award
  • Journalists Nitin Sethi and Shiv Sahay Singh awarded by Asian College of Journalism Award 2019. Nitin Sethi awarded for investigative journalism and K P Narayana Kumar Memorial Award 2019 for Social Impact Journalism is bestowed upon Journalist  Shiv Sahay Singh.

India’s 1st Pocket Android POS Device launched by Paytm

August 12, 2020
Pocket Android POS Device
  • India’s 1st Pocket Android POS(Point of Sale) Device, ‘Paytm All-in-One Portable Android Smart POS’ for contactless ordering and payments in India has been launched by PayTm.

Punjab to will soon launch a scheme to distribute smartphones

August 12, 2020
mobile
  • The Punjab government will soon launch  a scheme to distribute free smartphones to students across the state. In the first phase the scheme will be launched  at 26 different locations in Chandigarh and Punjab.

“Indira Van Mitan” Yojana rolled out by Chhattisgarh

August 12, 2020
Indira Van Mitan
  • “Indira Van Mitan” Yojana was rolled out by Chhattisgarh government with an aim to make the forest dwellers of the state self-reliant. Under this scheme, the government will form groups of youth in 10,000 villages of tribal areas of the state to conduct all forest based economic activities that will create self-employment opportunities for the forest dwellers.

Gujarat government launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana’

August 12, 2020
Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana
  • Gujarat government launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana’ (MMKSY) only as a replacement of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for a year. MMKSY will cover all the 56 lakh farmers in the state whereas PMFBY covers on an average, 15-17 lakh farmers applied for crop loan.

First city in India to have female icons on traffic signals: Mumbai

August 12, 2020
female icons on traffic signals
  • Mumbai’s Dadar has become the first city in India to have women symbols on traffic signals and signage. It was installed by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) that displays female icons sporting triangular frock, a shift from the default representation of men.

Agriculture and Welfare Ministry launches “Krishi Megh”

August 12, 2020
Krishi Megh
  • The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar has launched the National Agricultural Research & Education System -Cloud Infrastructure and Services named Krishi Megh.

12th August celebrated as International Youth Day

August 12, 2020
International Youth Day
  • 12th August celebrated as International Youth Day to raise awareness of challenges and problems facing the world’s youth.
  • Theme: Youth Engagement for Global Action